BootDigest Such a frustrating disappointment

Sexylocher Masterful Movie

Winifred The movie is made so realistic it has a lot of that WoW feeling at the right moments and never tooo over the top. the suspense is done so well and the emotion is felt. Very well put together with the music and all.

Staci Frederick Blistering performances.

JohnHowardReid NOTES: A vaudeville episode, "The Language Scene", with Lou Costello and Sid Fields, was shot but deleted from the movie before release. Because of Universal's practice of splitting receipts (the movie was invariably double-billed), In Society does not figure on any champion money-making lists, even though it was a tremendous success in America and Australia, earning a fortune for the studio. The title is sometimes erroneously cited as Abbott and Costello in Society, or even Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Society. PRINCIPAL MIRACLE: Abbott and Costello rated 8th place in the annual poll of top money-making stars for 1944, voted by circuit and independent exhibitors throughout the United States. COMMENT: One of the most enjoyable of the Abbott and Costello series. Some genuinely funny sequences and routines are given a lift by an excellent support cast, and are leavened with some really attractive musical interludes. Marion Hutton makes a bright, bouncy heroine, Ann Gillis has a sexy song, and it's always a pleasure to see Arthur Treacher. And by the humble standards of Jean Yarbrough, the direction even has a modicum of pace, polish and style.OTHER VIEWS: Both Abbott and Costello are in fine form, taking full advantage of some superior material, much of it deriving from classic burlesque, such as the Floogle Street (here called "Bagel Street") routine involving the infamous Susquehanna Hat Company. The various strands of humor plus the song breaks have been put together with professional precision. The movie is always attractive to look at - and I don't mean just because of all the girls - and, as said above, it boasts a most appealing lead in Marion Hutton. - G.A.

www1125 I personally found this film lacking in greatness for some reason. It was the first A&C film to be released in a year due to Lou's bout with rheumatic fever, however it just wasn't the same as all of their previous films. Don't get me wrong. It's still a funny film and worth seeing(worth owning if like me you're a devoted A&C fan), just don't expect anything like they're best films. Although, it does contain the Susquehanna Hat Company routine, which is always funny to watch. Particularly the lane, "He ain't dead lady, he's hidin'!". And of course the plumbing scene at the beginning is a highlight. I think what gets me though is that Universal was so rude to put in a scene where Costello saves a man from drowning, to which Abbott gets onto him for saving the man without a license. The reason this gets me is because this was the first film after Lou's son had drowned, and that scene had to be hard on him. Overall an average comedy, but Abbott and Costello still manage to make it good.

gridoon "In Society" has a promising set-up - Abbott and Costello as bumbling plumbers who get invited by mistake to a high-society weekend party and try to act as if they belong there - but the film doesn't exploit this premise for all it's worth. At its best, the film approaches the surreal craziness of the Marx Brothers movies (the flooded room, the Susquehannah Hat Company sketch, etc.). But there are too many songs, 4 to be specific in a 70-minute movie (though at least one of them, "No bout adout it", has likably crazy lyrics - "I sove you lo much, I mean I love you so much"), the back projection during the big chase scenes couldn't be more obvious, and Abbott's character is thoroughly obnoxious. (**)

JoeKarlosi Abbott and Costello are plumbers who accidentally get themselves invited to a High Society social event. Like so many of their films, this one's got a good amount of funny bits to enjoy, but they also come at the price of enduring some musical interruptions (at least Marion Hutton sings "No Bout Adoubt It" better than she can deliver dialogue). But ignoring those, some of the best gags in this movie include: Bud and Lou trashing a ritzy bathroom with their plumbing incompetence; a hilarious sequence where a policeman beats Costello up for blowing a car's horn late at night while Abbott doesn't lift a finger to help (they often revamped this routine in other films as well as their TV show, but it was never better done than it is here); Costello jumps in a pool to save a man's life and gets berated for it; and the classic highlight of the picture -- the "Bagel Street" bit where Lou attempts to get directions to the Susquehannah Hat Company from all sorts of nutty people he meets on the street. **1/2 out of ****